A SERIES of drawings, inspired by the poems of Máirtín Ó Direáin and visually re-interpreting them in a modern setting forms the basis of a new exhibition in the Galway Arts Centre.
Go bhFeicfidh Tú Dán? Ó Direáin (So you may see a poem? Ó Direáin ) by Seán Ó Flaitheartaopens in the centre on Wednesday and runs until Saturday February 6.
This series of specially-commissioned intimate drawings by Aran artist Seán Ó Flaithearta, is a contemporary response to the lifetime work of fellow Inis Mór artist, poet Máirtín Ó Direáin (1910-1988 ).
In these 50 mixed media works on paper, the thoughts and perceptions of the two artists meet. Some pieces are inspired by a word or phrase in a poem, or a person or place on the island encountered by the poet, others by the relationship with nature in Ó Direáin’s poetry.
The images were commissioned for inclusion in Na Dánta, the new collected poems of Ó Direáin, published by Cló Iar-Chonnacht as part of the centenary celebration of the birth of the poet.
